"Gambaru" meaning in All languages combined

See Gambaru on Wiktionary

Noun [Baatonum]

IPA: /ɡàm.bà.rū/ Forms: Gambarusu [plural], Gambaruwa [focus], Gambarusa [focus, plural]
Etymology: Folk etymology suggests it comes from gam (“elsewhere”) + barum (“language”), literally “Language of elsewhere” or gam (“elsewhere”) + bàru (“adjective relating to anything Baatonu”), literally “That which is not the Baatonu” Etymology templates: {{compound|bba|gam|barum|lit=Language of elsewhere|t1=elsewhere|t2=language}} gam (“elsewhere”) + barum (“language”), literally “Language of elsewhere”, {{compound|bba|gam|bàru|lit=That which is not the Baatonu|t1=elsewhere|t2=adjective relating to anything Baatonu}} gam (“elsewhere”) + bàru (“adjective relating to anything Baatonu”), literally “That which is not the Baatonu” Head templates: {{head|bba|nouns|plural|Gambarusu|focus|Gambaruwa|plural focus|Gambarusa|head=Gambaru}} Gambaru (plural Gambarusu, focus Gambaruwa, plural focus Gambarusa)
  1. Hausa people
    Sense id: en-Gambaru-bba-noun-LENrwwJv
  2. Hausa language
    Sense id: en-Gambaru-bba-noun-z9oPDVoF Categories (other): Baatonum entries with incorrect language header, Ethnonyms, Languages Disambiguation of Baatonum entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 39 61 Disambiguation of Languages: 6 94

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Gambaru
  1. A town in Borno, Nigeria. Categories (place): Places in Borno State, Nigeria, Places in Nigeria, Towns in Borno State, Nigeria, Towns in Nigeria
    Sense id: en-Gambaru-en-name-PXHjkAm0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 12 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 10 87
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          "ref": "2015 February 20, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad take on Boko Haram at Nigerian border”, in CNN:",
          "text": "A pickup loaded with Chadian troops crosses the bridge into Gambaru to reinforce their peers locked in an hours-long heavy exchange of gunfire with Boko Haram fighters.",
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  "word": "Gambaru"
}

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